VOA标准英语2008年-Air Travel a Curse in the Minds of Many
时间：2019-01-16 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2008年（六月）
By Ted 1 Landphair
Washington, DC
04 June 2008
Subject a caged laboratory rat to unrelenting stress, and bad things happen. It snarls 2, bites its tail, trashes its cage.
U.S. domestic airline passengers are starting to feel like trapped rats, paying more and more for the privilege of being prodded 3 through the overcrowded system
In other words, it acts a bit like the American airline passenger. Some souls stoically tolerate the maddening maze 4 that domestic air travel has become, but others act out like those rats.
Talk about unrelenting stress. Consider the impact of today's fuel and security surcharges, fees to check your luggage at the curb 5, and now the decision by at least one carrier to charge for any bag it loads onto the plane.
There's no free food in coach class any more, either. Even the water's a couple of bucks 6 a bottle.
Air travelers are mad, but they're not in a position to say they're not going to take it any more. So they're acting 7 out against the airlines in subtle ways
And it's not just about money.
Who can forget the winding 8 ticket and security lines; the gauntlet of screening machines, scowling 9 inspectors 10 and bins 11 for one's shoes and belts and bottles of mouthwash; then more queues and frazzled agents at the gate.
Onboard, packed seats as airlines cut flights to save money; frigid 12 cabin temperatures with no available blankets – they were eliminated in another cost-cutting measure – and grouchy 13 service from overworked flight attendants.
But the rats are exacting 14 revenge of sorts, quietly and deviously 15, since they dare not protest too loudly for fear of interrogation.
Do these seats look narrow? You should see the leg room in front of today's crowded coach seats. Add the new charges for all sorts of services, and travelers are fed up
According to a Wall Street Journal study, stressed-out passengers are revolting by making a pigsty 16 out of the planes. Into seat crevices 17 and seat-back pockets – which get only cursory 18 cleaning between legs of an airplane's many flights each day – they're shoving sheafs of newspapers, the remnants of drinks, even dirty diapers. And they're strewing 19 morsels 20 of food all over the plane.
But whatever satisfaction this brings can be short-lived, since the next container of flying rats – their connecting flight – awaits, right down the concourse.
- The invaders gut ted the village.侵略者把村中财物洗劫一空。
- She often teds the corn when it's sunny.天好的时候她就翻晒玉米。
- I don't know why my hair snarls easily. 我不知道我的头发为什么容易缠结。 来自辞典例句
- She combed the snarls out of her hair. 她把头发的乱结梳理通。 来自辞典例句
- She prodded him in the ribs to wake him up. 她用手指杵他的肋部把他叫醒。
- He prodded at the plate of fish with his fork. 他拿叉子戳弄着那盘鱼。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- He found his way through the complex maze of corridors.他穿过了迷宮一样的走廊。
- She was lost in the maze for several hours.一连几小时，她的头脑处于一片糊涂状态。
- I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。
- You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。
- They cost ten bucks. 这些值十元钱。
- They are hunting for bucks. 他们正在猎雄兔。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
- During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。
- A winding lane led down towards the river.一条弯弯曲曲的小路通向河边。
- The winding trail caused us to lose our orientation.迂回曲折的小道使我们迷失了方向。
- There she was, grey-suited, sweet-faced, demure, but scowling. 她就在那里，穿着灰色的衣服，漂亮的脸上显得严肃而忧郁。 来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
- Scowling, Chueh-hui bit his lips. 他马上把眉毛竖起来。 来自汉英文学 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）
- They got into the school in the guise of inspectors. 他们假装成视察员进了学校。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Inspectors checked that there was adequate ventilation. 检查员已检查过，通风良好。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Garbage from all sources was deposited in bins on trolleys. 来自各方的垃圾是装在手推车上的垃圾箱里的。 来自辞典例句
- Would you be pleased at the prospect of its being on sale in dump bins? 对于它将被陈列在倾销箱中抛售这件事，你能欣然接受吗？ 来自辞典例句
- The water was too frigid to allow him to remain submerged for long.水冰冷彻骨，他在下面呆不了太长时间。
- She returned his smile with a frigid glance.对他的微笑她报以冷冷的一瞥。
- Grouchy people are always complaining for no reason.满腹牢骚的人总是毫无理由地抱怨。
- Sometimes she is grouchy, but all in all she is an excellent teacher.有时候她的脾气很坏，但总的来说她还是一位好老师。
- He must remember the letters and symbols with exacting precision.他必须以严格的精度记住每个字母和符号。
- The public has been more exacting in its demands as time has passed.随着时间的推移，公众的要求更趋严格。
- How can you live in this pigsty?你怎能这住在这样肮脏的屋里呢？
- We need to build a new pigsty for the pigs.我们需修建一个新猪圈。
- It has bedded into the deepest crevices of the store. 它已钻进了店里最隐避的隙缝。 来自辞典例句
- The wind whistled through the crevices in the rock. 风呼啸着吹过岩石的缝隙。 来自辞典例句
- He signed with only a cursory glance at the report.他只草草看了一眼报告就签了名。
- The only industry mentioned is agriculture and it is discussed in a cursory sentence.实业方面只谈到农业,而且只是匆匆带了一句。
- What a mess! Look at the pajamas strewing on the bed. 真是乱七八糟！看看睡衣乱放在床上。 来自英汉 - 翻译样例 - 口语